okay so backtrack to thursday.

i had my last skipping lesson at Damai primary. i was slightly late, but thank god i didnt decide to take a cab down (AGAIN). i was kinda happy that it was the last, but i kinda felt bad about leaving Nicki by herself for the subsequent lessons. i know she can handle it though.

i realised that i have very low tolerance towards negative attitudes. there was this kid who didnt wanna skip, and just wanted to laze around/play by himself. i was THIS close to shouting at him. see, thats the difference between school and army. its tough being a teacher in a school, because at this point in time, the students are like invulnerable while the teachers are subservient to them and their parents. if they don't listen to you, you gotta say nice things to them to coax them. you know what, screw that man. if that's the case, teaching is pointless and redundant. and it didnt help that while he was doing his own thing, other kids were looking at him and asking "instructor, how come he can sit there and not skip?"

after lesson, nicki and i went to the toilet. ok, that sounded wrong. we both put our bags on a table outside the toilet, and i waited for her outside while she went in to change. i heard someone calling "instructor fysh", so i turned and i saw that the sound came from the boy who refused to skip just now. he said he remembered me from last time, so i said thank you, and asked him how come he didn't wanna skip just now?
he said he had a fever and asthma and chest pain bla bla bla, though he didn't look like he had any at all. i really hate people with chao keng attitudes, doesnt matter whether the person is old or young. i hate it because i have been like him before, back in sec sch. when i used to chao keng to siam CCA.

in any case, i just said okay to him, asked him to go home and rest, and participate more actively in the next lesson. which is the most politically correct answer.
next time when i have a kid of my own, while i believe in communication is key, if he/she ever exhibits such an attitude, i think i'll confirm admonish him/her, even cane if there's a need. if this attitude continues to adulthood, it'll get him/her nowhere, because his/her personality will just be so damned shitty.

after skipping i had another stint at carlton hotel. i happened to accept this job because i wanted to try out banquet waitering, which i've never done before. hazel was kind enough to wait for me at city hall after her work, and brought me over to the registration area at the back of the hotel, which would have taken me some time to find thanks to its remote location. she kept me company throughout the registration process too and up till it was time for me to go up. thanks hazel. :)
changed and had dinner at the staff canteen. i was assigned to this function room which i think a company was holding their new year dinner or something. prepared their yu sheng for them and got an ang pow in the process. much thanks to my colleagues that night who allowed me to, despite the fact that it was my first time working. i think while i was preparing the yu sheng, my face was damn red. so paiseh, everyone looking at you preparing the dish. i just kept telling myself not to fumble or screw up.

pretty much spent the entire night just clearing plates, topping up tea and beer etc etc etc. i didnt quite like the atmosphere there though. there's a very stressful vibe around it. i think its the same for each and every restaurant as well. everyone is snappy and irritable lol. and it didnt help as well i kept asking where to put this, what to do, where to find this etc. another funny thing was, i think i was the only waiter going around speaking in english, "Hi sir/mdm, may i clear your plate for you?" while every other tom dick harry was speaking in mandarin/cantonese. by the time i got home, it was almost 12mn and i was dead beat.

friday and saturday was spent working in the cafe. on friday i decided to stay till closing so i could learn more. besides me and jem, there are 2 other girls, melissa and yvonne, both from TP - taking a diploma in culinary and baking science (i didnt know they had such a diploma), on attachment over there as well. however they are leaving next week, so i felt i had to learn as much as i could from them. yvonne i only got to meet today. she was pretty nice too, made me a sandwich with a chilli sauce drawn fish on top. i would have taken a pic of it, but then the thought didnt cross my mind when i was wolfing it down.

besides tending the cafe, i also helped out at the baking school just next door. it so happened i started working near the new year period, so i had to help to make LOTS AND LOTS OF almond cookies/pineapple tarts. its seriously hard work to make those stuff by hand and one by one.

however, time passes pretty fast while in the cafe though. i dunno why. these 2 days we've had private functions. today's one was for CDC - which jem thought was CONTROLLED DISEASES CENTRE -.- (but its actually community development centre la).

and oh wow look at the time, its almost 12.40am alr. i need to shower and go to bed, got to wake up at 7.45am AGAIN and on a SUNDAY summore. sucks. looking forward to mon/tues though, i need a break from all this work.

here you go hazel, a proper update. NOW YOUR TURN.